PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government will build a mega ‘Spat Gah’ hydropower project with the capacity of 496 MW in district Kohistan to provide inexpensive electricity to the industrial, domestic and agriculture consumers.

The provincial government had already signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Korean Hydro Nuclear Power (KHNP) Company in Peshawar in this regard. The project would be constructed under the public-private partnership mode.

It merits mention here that the site of the project is located near Dasu in Kohistan district.

The MoU for initiating the project was signed by Secretary Energy and Power Muhammad Salim Khan and the chief executive of the Korean company KHNP on November 6 last year.

The project will be completed in five to six years besides generating gross revenue of Rs3 billion per year.